Yellow Belt (8th kyu)
All your hard work has paid off and you now have a new coloured belt to show for it. You are no longer the new karateka in the dojo and you line up infront of the white belts. At 8th kyu, your focus should be on starting to incorporate the use of your hips and kime when executing movements between the basic stances, punches, kicks, and blocks that are used in karate. The training syllabus for a 8th kyu is as follows:
Basics (Kihon)
Zenkutsu Dachi, Gedan Barai (front stance, low sweeping block)
- Chudan jun tsuki (punch to solar plexus).
- Jodan kizami tsuki (jab to the face using front hand, executed stepping backward).
- Chudan gyaku tsuki (reverse punch to solar plexus).
- Jodan age uke, gyaku tsuki (upwards, face-level block followed by reverse punch to solar plexus).
- Chudan soto uke, gyaku tsuki (outside block at midsection-level followed by reverse punch to solar plexus).
- Chudan uchi uke, gyaku tsuki (inside block at midsection-level followed by reverse punch to solar plexus).
Note: All should be done stepping forward and backward.
Kokutsu Dachi, Shuto Uke (back stance, knife hand block)
- Chudan shuto uke (forward and backward, knife hand block).
Note: Should be done stepping forward and backward.
Zenkutsu Dachi, Kamae (front stance, hands to the side
- Mae geri (front snap kick).
- Mawashi geri (front roundhouse kick, knee to the side).
Kiba Dachi (horse riding stance)
- Yoko geri keage (side snap kick to the chin using dorsel/instep of foot).
- Yoko geri kekomi (side thrust kick to the midsection using outside blade of foot).
Kata
Fighting techniques (Kumite)
The minimum training time before your attempting a grading to 7th kyu is 3 months with a minimum of 36 hours of class time.
